AI and Imaging Advances Empowering Protein Design, Brain Interfaces, Cell Mapping
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Protein engineering and design is advancing rapidly, with AI tools enabling researchers to predict and generate novel proteins with customized functions. This is empowering advances in areas like enzymes, vaccines, and drug delivery.
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Detection of AI-generated "deepfake" media is engaged in an ongoing cat-and-mouse game. New algorithms can spot manipulated images and videos in some cases by detecting subtle artifacts, but generalization remains challenging.
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Brain-computer interfaces are allowing people with severe neurological disabilities to regain lost abilities like speech. Progress is enabled by accumulating knowledge of neuroanatomy and machine learning methods to decode brain signals.
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Super-resolution microscopy continues to shatter limits, with new methods achieving nanometer or even angstrom-scale resolution. This could enable imaging of fine details like individual proteins or base pairs of DNA.
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Cell atlases integrating large-scale single cell data are creating comprehensive molecular maps of organs and tissues. These spatial maps of cell types and functions promises to inform disease processes and guide drug targeting.